Woman charged with DWI after NH state trooper saves her from fiery crash on Route 101
EPPING — A state police trooper saved a woman from a fiery single-vehicle crash on Route 101 in Epping on Tuesday night, according to the New Hampshire State Police.
The crash happened around 6 p.m. near mile marker 118 when a 2017 Chevrolet Trax driven by a 41-year-old Bedford woman veered off the road and crashed into a tree line alongside the road, police said.
When the officer responded to the scene, the driver was alert but was unable to exit the vehicle, which was engulfed in flames.
"The trooper immediately broke through the front driver’s window and extracted the driver," stated police in a press release.
Police said the woman was transported to Exeter Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The trooper was also treated at the hospital for minor injuries and released, police said.
Police said the woman was charged with driving while intoxicated and marked lane violations. She is scheduled to appear in court on April 2.
The crash closed one eastbound lane of Route 101 for about 45 minutes, police said. Epping Fire/EMS, Epping Police and Dana’s Towing assisted at the scene.
Police are still investigating the crash and ask anyone with information to contact Trooper Matthew Dushame at matthew.t.dushame@dos.nh.gov.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: NH state police trooper saves woman from fiery crash on Route 101
